The Return of Tater Tuesdays!

Hey someone has got to keep it going! It was a good run when I did it ;-) And you might get me back into doing it…hah!

Hooray! And all the ingredients are edible – no fungus!

I told Teresa to save all the mushrooms just for you ;-) Hehheh!

"Variation: Add bacon bits."

Alternatively, add McCormick Mesquite spice. That's my favorite for being spicy without being hot.

–B.G.–

Oooh, Sarah, suppress that mean streak!

Here's a helpful hint to anyone else who doesn't like mushrooms – substitute walnuts for them. Not a logical swap, I agree, but I think walnuts taste good in just about anything.

Wash-up a couple of taters and toss them in your pack as additions to any meal. I love 'em fried up with some peppery german wurst, mushrooms and fresh green beans.

I love taters any day of the week, it's very rare for me to go out with some kind of taters in my pack.

I like the garlic Idahoan
add dehydrated corn and green beans
add dehydrated chicken or from the pouch

at afternoon break add water the the dehydrated veggies and chicken
in camp add these to the potatoes
salt and pepper to taste

Kathleen, I like your idea!

And yeah, Teresa has told me I need to get back to doing TT :-) I posted a blog with a number of links to recipes that were featured back in 2007/2008 and so on…..
http://blog.trailcooking.com/2011/03/01/the-return-of-tater-tuesday/

Kathleen, I knew you'd never forgive me if I started the return of Tater Tuesday with a mushroom recipe! :)

And yes, Sarah needs to start posting these again. Good stuff!

So true. Think about it, you two. Fungus? And feel free to make the walnut substitution suggestion whenever you must include fungus in a recipe. You'll be doing a lot of people a favor!

Okay, new to tater tot Tuesday.

We are all in on tater tots. They will be a big hit with my gang.

So how do you pack tater tots?
Do I dehydrate them or do I just not worry about them and they are good in the pack for 24 hours or so? I assume you don't want to crush them and loose their delicate taterish shape.

Can you put them on sticks and roast them over a fire?

Should I start working on a Caldera Cone Deep Fat Fryer, or maybe a fill up a the back country boiler with lard?

Do sweet potatoes count? I love to make sweet potato burritos. Shred up some sweet potato, saute in a bit of oil with taco seasoning, toss on a flour tortilla with some black beans, corn and shredded cheese! Add a bit of salsa if you like. Yum!

Whoa! Now you're getting into serious trail cooking. Fresh donuts and coffee for breakfast!!!

Sign me up :-D

Mmmmmmm…Tots!

And sweet taters? Oh man.

Caldera Cone…..Deep Fat Fryer……got it. I'll whip up the engineering crew and have a prototype ready for spring.

:-)

"Caldera Cone…..Deep Fat Fryer……got it. I'll whip up the engineering crew and have a prototype ready for spring."

Rand- this could lead to a new thread called Fish Fry Fridays :^) yumm

Did someone say sweet potatoes??

http://www.onepanwonders.com/apps/blog/show/1221895-instant-sweet-potatoes-

Now . . . there is a difference between a sweet potato and a yam. I laugh when I hear or see a can of "canned yam", then the ingredients say "sweet potato.

I LOVE yams, not sweet potato

I'd say most people see them the same – like prunes and dried plums. Prunes = old people, dried plums = cool and hip. Yams = makes one think of canned junk. Sweet potatoes = lovely baked ones in a skin.

A true sweet potato is an interesting thing really. Not so easy to find where I live either most times of the year where as the yams always are in the produce department.

But I wouldn't sweat it – and yams is such an old fogey word :-D

"and yams is such an old fogey word"

Reminds me of Popeye…..

What people here call yams ( orange, yellow) are actually sweet potatoes, and they are commonly found. It is the true yam that is less common and unknown to most here.

"It is the true yam that is less common and unknown to most here."

Unlike gams. Got those in abundance in CA.

Compare Yams and Sweet Potatoes

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

(no listing for tater tots)

They just need to make tater tots out of sweet taters. Then life would be complete. Admit it.

;-)